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Camaldolese monks and nuns: a numerical overview (CWN)

Posted on 06/19/2026 02:06 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

Over 300 monks and nuns belong to three institutes that look upon St. Romuald as their spiritual father.

Help build the New Jerusalem, Pope tells participants in Borgo Dialogues (CWN)

Posted on 06/19/2026 02:06 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

Pope Leo XIV today asked participants in the Borgo Dialogues to help build the New Jerusalem.

Jun. 19 Friday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time; Opt. Mem. of St. Romuald, Abbot, Opt. Mem.

Posted on 06/19/2026 00:00 AM (Catholic Culture Liturgical Year)

The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Romuald (951-1027) who was born in Ravenna of a noble family. He was the founder of the Camaldolese monks--one of the Italian branches of the Benedictines--in which the eremitical life is combined with life in community. He died in 1027, after a life of prayer and rigorous penance.